Comparison

Sword Sonata vs Cyber Quest

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Sword Sonata

Engage in fast-paced, turn-based roguelike combat by strategically planning skill actions. Collect new abilities, upgrade existing ones, and gather items to overcome dungeon challenges and defeat bosses. Experience high replayability with diverse actions, characters, and randomized rewards.

Highlights
  • Turn-based combat
  • Action planning and arrangement
  • Roguelike dungeon crawling
  • Skill acquisition and upgrades
  • Item collection
  • Multiple characters and actions
Features
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This is a fast-paced roguelike dungeon-crawling turn-based game where you plan your battles by arranging skill actions and defeating enemies. Throughout your adventure, you'll acquire new actions, upgrade skills, and collect items. The gameplay is simple and easy to understand. It involves controlling a character on a horizontally scrolling one-dimensional axis, maneuvering to defeat enemies. Actions include movement, turning, and arranging actions such as sword attacks, which deal damage to enemies within one square ahead, or dashes that allow you to dash towards enemies. By arranging actions in this rhythmic order, for example, scheduling a dash followed by a sword attack when your character is at a distance from the enemy, executing this sequence will make your character dash to the enemy and then use a sword attack to defeat it. I genuinely hope you'll try out this game and experience what I've described. Currently, I've designed a total of 37 different types of actions with unique characteristics, as well as 4 different characters, each with their own unique skills and equipped with 2 specific actions. In the process of roguelike dungeon-crawling, you'll also acquire more actions and upgrades for these actions. Now, let's talk about the roguelike gameplay. The game features over 50 levels, and the goal is to clear through to the final boss and defeat them. Each time you complete a level, you'll randomly receive a reward, which could be an action or an upgrade to an action. As you continuously challenge yourself, you'll discover actions that better suit you or the character you're using, as well as upgrade options that are more suitable for each action, until your experience is enough to help you clear the game. This is what makes the game so replayable. In terms of content richness, the game also includes 10 types of items that can be used in combat, including health potions, and a "Frostbolt" that freezes all enemies. These items provide additional assistance in completing the game challenges. Additionally, the game features 27 passive skills, which will have an impact on you during each challenge. Well, that's a brief introduction to my game. I hope you'll give it a try and enjoy playing it.

About

Cyber Quest

Assemble a crew of cyberpunk characters in this retro deck-building RPG. Battle crime gangs with strategic card play, level up your crew, and explore a city with roguelike challenges. Enjoy offline play with a unique soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Deck building and customization
  • Crew leveling and power unlocks
  • Roguelike exploration and challenges
  • Card enhancement options
  • Offline gameplay
  • Screen reader accessibility
Features
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Cyber Quest is a retro cyberpunk deck building game. Assemble a ragtag crew of hackers, mercenaries, and street-savvy rogues to take on the most feared crime gangs in the city. Each encounter is a high-stakes battle of wits and tactics as you pit your crew against rival factions in this intense card-based rpg. - Collect and customize an arsenal of powerful cards. Build your deck to exploit enemy weaknesses, unleash devastating combos, and outmaneuver your foes. - Level up your crew members, unlock new powers, and transform your team into an unstoppable force. - Roguelike gamplay. Explore the sprawling cityscape, face randomized challenges, and adapt to new foes. - Enhance your cards by changing their cost, damage, or color. Tailor your deck to suit your strategy. - Groove to the finest fusion of funk and electronic music. - Enjoying playing offline games? No connect required here. Play anywhere, anytime. ** Accessible for users using screen readers. Disable Voice Over and then use a three finger triple tap to enable or disable screen reader mode if needed

Screenshots

Sword Sonata4 screens
Cyber Quest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cyber Quest at every 3 days against Sword Sonata's every 3 months. Cyber Quest also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and chart position (#30 vs unranked). Sword Sonata's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 63%) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sword Sonata costs $1.99 and Cyber Quest $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cyber Quest holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 18 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Sword Sonata's written reviews are positive against 63% of Cyber Quest's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sword Sonata ships an update every 3 months, Cyber Quest every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Sword Sonata versus Cyber Quest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSword SonataCyber Quest
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.3 (15 ratings)4.7 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1518 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#30 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB279 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperJampot Software co., ltdDean Coulter

Customer experience

Sword Sonata

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Cyber Quest

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral25.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Sword Sonata

No in-app purchases

None

Cyber Quest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sword Sonata free?
Sword Sonata costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cyber Quest free?
Cyber Quest costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sword Sonata or Cyber Quest?
Cyber Quest is rated higher. Sword Sonata averages 4.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Cyber Quest averages 4.7 from 18 ratings.
Do Sword Sonata or Cyber Quest have ads?
Neither Sword Sonata nor Cyber Quest shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sword Sonata or Cyber Quest?
Sword Sonata ships an update every 3 months, and Cyber Quest every 3 days. Most recently, Sword Sonata was updated on September 21, 2026 and Cyber Quest on September 23, 2026.

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